Water-motor



.J.. P. M'ITLLER.

Water Motor.

No. 230,564. v Patented July 27,1880.

"-PETERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRIPHER, WASHINGTON, D.C.

NITED TATES PATENT FFICEO JOHN P. MULLER, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA,

WATER- MOTOR.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,564, dated July 27, 1880.

Application filed March 13, 1880. (ModeL) I To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, JOHN PETER MiiLLE'R, of Burlington, Des Moines county, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Water-Motor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sliding valves in we tor-motors and it consists in certain new and improved devices and combinations of devices, all as herein more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my device ready for work, with fly-wheel attached. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical central sectional view of the valve-pipe, cylinder. and rods. Fig. 4is a detail in plan on line a; w of Fig. 1.

Referring to the parts by letters,Ais an upright inlet-pipe o 'lening into the valve pipe B, which is provided near its ends with passages or openings, 1) and b,which lead into the cylinder 0, placed upon the valve-pipe B. An escape-pipe, D, is arranged beside the pipe B and the cylinder 0. The upright inlet-pipe A is movably set upon a base or board, L, so

.as to allow the pipes which are placed upon it to turn as on an axis. Oneend of the pipe B is perforated to allow the entrance of a valvestem, E, at f, which is im movabl y attached to a sliding block, F, and provided,within the pipe B, with the cylindrical valvesH and H, placed apart the distance between the passages b and b. The block F is hinged to an oscillating arm, K, at d, which is also hinged at e to the board orbase L. The other end of the'pipe B isentirely open to admit of the escape of water. .The cylinder 0 is furnished with a piston-head, N, and piston-rod M, to work the .valves in the valve-pipe, which is done by bringing the end of the piston-rod to the block or seat 0, sliding upon the stationary rod G, parallel to and fastened upon the outside of the pipe B. The block F also slides upon this rod Gr, being placed between the ends of the pipes and the block 0. The block 0 is centrally perforated to admit the end of a crank to which is attached, on the other side of the board L, an eccentric or a fly-wheel.

The operation of my invention is as follows The water enters the motor through the inletpipe A, and if the passage 1) is open, flows into C and against the piston-head N; but if the passage bis closed the water flows through the opening 0 in the upper part of B, through passage 1), upon the piston-head N in this way giving said piston-head N a backward or forward motion, as thecase maybe. Should there be a dead-center as the water enters the pipe B, this may be obviated by the liy-wheel. By the movement of the piston in the cylinder C it is obvious that the valves H and H are moved backward and forward completely across the passages b and 1), since the distance between them is the same as between the passages, and that the alternate movement is maintained through the medium of the rods M, G, and E, the blocks F and O, the oscillating arm K, and the crank P.

' It is evident the valves H and H must be cylindrical and fit snugly the pipe B to accomplish the purpose desired, and thatI may use another water-escape at any convenient point on the cylinder 0.

It will also be obvious thatthe passages b and b will serve to let the water escape, when once used, at'either end of the escape-pipe.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the pipe B, provided with the passages I) and b, in connection with the upright pipe A and escape-pipe D, the valves H and H, and the valve-stem E, with the cylinder 0, having the passages b and b in common with the pipe B, piston-head N, and piston-rod M, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the pipe B, provided with passages b and b, the upright pipe A, escape-pipe D, valves H and H, valve-stem E, cylinder 0, having passages I) and b in common with pipe B, piston-head N, pistonrod M, block 0, block F, crank P, stationary rod G, and arm K, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOHN PETER MULLER. Witnesses:

A. J. WILLHoUsE, THOS. JOHNSTON, J R. 

